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Action Plan for UK Legal Services

The Bar Council has backed a government “Action Plan” to promote the UK’s legal services sector overseas.

31 May 2011
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WestminsterWatch - May 2011

Just what does the Coalition Government stand for? Charles Hale and Toby Craig investigate… As we approach the first anniversary of the Coalition Government and the all-important ...
30 April 2011
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Jackson: the next chapter

Response to Government announcement on Jackson; the Norgrove Review; criminal legal aid update; inaugural Bar Debate; and a clutch of new Silks. We now have the Government response ...
30 April 2011
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The Principal Enforcer

Eleanor Davison examines the role of the Serious Fraud Office under the new regime  The Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) is currently the lead agency in the UK in prosecuting cases of ...
01 February 2011
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Out with the old...

The new Act: a review of the main provisions, by Robert-Jan Temmink  The much-heralded Bribery Act 2010 (“the Act”) received the Royal Assent on 8 April 2010. Previous ...
01 February 2011
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Cuts, cuts and more cuts …

An outline of the Bar Council’s strategy  ContributorPeter Lodder QC   A few weeks into the year and the predominant issue remains clear: the challenges of the proposed spending ...
01 February 2011
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Lord Neuberger urges scrutiny of the constitution

Calls for Royal Commission to examine consitutional framework 

It is time for a close look at the British constitution, the Master of the Rolls has said. 

31 December 2010
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Corporate Britain backs direct access

Increase by a third in direct instructions  Economic downturn a significant factor  Use of direct access – where clients instruct a barrister directly as opposed to via a solicitor ...
31 December 2010
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That Was the Year That Was …

Nick Green QC reviews the events that shaped his year as Chairman and looks to the Bar’s future  This is my final chance to express my thoughts as Chairman, before returning to ...
30 November 2010
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Third consultation: Implications for the Bar of the Legal Services Act 2007

The BSB published on 27 September its third consultation on the implications for the Bar of the Legal Services Act 2007. 

31 October 2010
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